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Research volume on urban energy transition that will have wide interdisciplinary appeal to researchers in energy, urban and environmental studies.
List of contents
1. Introduction; Part I. Understanding Urban Energy Landscapes: 2. Energy transitions and urban infrastructure; 3. Urban energy landscapes as connective tissue; 4. Change and agency in landscapes of dwelling; Part II. Heterogeneous Urban Energy Landscapes: 5. Modernity promises and the quest for autonomy: urban energy landscapes in Maputo, Mozambique; 6. Continuous heterogeneity and private strategies for energy provision: urban energy landscapes in Bangalore, India; 7. When equal access to energy causes injustice: urban energy landscapes in Hong Kong, PR China; 8. Industrial legacy and governance through activism: urban energy landscapes in Concepción, Chile; Part III. Change and Transformation in Urban Energy Landscapes: 9. Exploring connective tissues through walking different urban energy landscapes; 10. Imagining urban energy futures; References; Index.
About the author
Vanesa Castán Broto is an interdisciplinary researcher studying climate change governance and urban transitions. In 2016, she was awarded the Philip Leverhulme Prize for contributions to geography. In 2013, her project on Participatory Planning for Climate Change in Mozambique was recognized as a 'Lighthouse Activity for the Urban Poor' by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Castán Broto's recent books include An Urban Politics of Climate Change (with G. Edwards and H. Bulkeley, 2014) and Urban Sustainability Transitions (with N. Frantzeskaki, L. Coenen and D. Loorbach, 2017). Vanesa was a lead chapter author for UN-Habitat's World Cities Report 2016.
Summary
A research volume using case studies to argue that the urban energy transition depends on specific urban trajectories and heterogeneous urban energy landscapes, reflecting both strategic projects of urbanization and people's dwelling practices. The book will have wide interdisciplinary appeal to researchers in energy, urban and environmental studies.
